Joey Payeur There wasn’t much time to get settled, so the realizations about his newest hockey adventure took a while to sink in for Morgan McNeill. “About halfway through the game, it really sunk in that I’m playing hockey in Australia,” chuckled the former Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman about his […]
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Submitted byChuck MacDonald Members of the Borderland Judo Club enjoyed huge success at the annual Lake of the Woods Judo Championships held April 22 in Kenora. Teams from across Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba attended the event, which featured a huge cross-section of judokas from the smallest, newest ones right up […]
Staff Mission accomplished, at least for one day. Makenna Henttonen of Fort Frances had two assists to help Ontario to a 4-1 victory over Quebec on the opening day of play in the girls’ division at the 2017 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Cowichan, B.C. Henttonen and fellow forward Annalise […]
Staff Caroline Spencer’s crew was snake-bitten, to say the least. The head coach of the Fort Frances Vipers saw her team finish third in Pool ‘C’ before it made a quick exit from the playoffs in the 16U division of the 2017 PVC girls’ volleyball tournament in Winnipeg over the […]
Staff The Donald Young School All-Stars once again have established themselves as the team to beat when it comes to Grade 8 boys’ basketball in the Rainy River District Athletic Association. The defending regional champs went 5-0 to capture the Jim Oster Memorial Tournament on Saturday at Robert Moore School–capping […]
Joey Payeur The NorWOSSA boys’ soccer landscape has been bathed in black-and-gold for six illustrious seasons. But the Muskies don’t plan to rely on luck to make it seven–just hard work. “It’s exciting but obviously there is an expectation and pressure put on the team,” said head coach Chris Sinclair, […]
Joey Payeur There was a time when the summer air in Fort Frances was filled with the sounds of bats on balls, smacking leather, and joyful shouts echoing around the local diamonds. That time soon may come to an end unless there is a dramatic upswing in interest to continue […]
Joey Payeur Being unbeaten after three games would have most coaches smiling from ear to ear. But Sara Roach knows she has some injury concerns to address that will make winning more games for her four-time defending NorWOSSA champion Muskie girls’ soccer team much tougher as the season progresses. The […]
Joey Payeur There will be a distinct Rainy River District flavour at the OFSAA badminton championships May 4-6 in Pain Court. Grade 11 Muskie ace Aaron Bujold, after failed attempts the previous two years, finally got the better of two-time defending champion and close friend Yaman Malhi of the Churchill […]
Joey Payeur The time for beating around the bush is long gone. Without a significant upswing in attendance, and an emergence of new blood to help with the responsibilities of operating the franchise, Fort Frances Lakers’ president Milt Strachan didn’t mince words last week when it came to the current […]
Joey Payeur The future is now for the Muskie track-and-field team. Head coach John Dutton got an eyeful of the vast potential his squad should carry forward for years to come after they garnered 28 medals at the Junior High Bronco Booster Invite at Falls High School on Friday. “I […]
Joey Payeur Murray Bannerman was known to have a quick glove hand in his NHL heyday. But he’s even quicker when it comes to the art of self-deprecation over recently being named to the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame. “When they called me, I asked them if they were having […]
